Hi, I’m Julia Ryan Velayo,

and I can solve your problems!

I am a UX Designer & Researcher based in the Bay Area with 7+ years of experience. With an engineering background and boundless creativity, I thrive on solving problems that haven’t been solved before, especially in high-stakes fields like Aerospace, Defense, Healthcare, and Finance.

Selected Works

Programming Aircraft Sensors

Defense — Aerospace — B2B — SaaS — Government

This product aims to revolutionize the process of programming jet sensors, streamlining user workflows by integrating disconnected legacy programs and filling in the gaps by creating dynamic new tools and one-of-a-kind data visualizations that help users do things that they have previously only ever done inside their heads.

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Managing Tax Revenue

Finance — B2B — Accounting — Tax Preparation — SaaS

Our client embarked on a complete product re-design, with our efforts focused on identifying opportunities for improvement in the current product, creating a flexible framework, and recommending a comprehensive design system for the client to run with.

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Supporting Patients Living with Chronic Illness

Medical — B2C — Mobile — Accessibility

Bridging the gap between patients and their support network, managing symptoms and treatments, and inspiring hope and optimism in the Neurofibromatosis (NF) community.

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Check out my work in the aerospace/defense field!

While I cannot share sensitive material or final deliverables, I created this marketing material detailing some of the work I have done on high-profile client projects.

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